Taylor is still conflicted about whether to play or not because he’s concerned that more wear and tear on his body could affect his life after football. But he told Ganguli he thinks the limited playing time he got in New England (a total of 106 carries in two years) has served as something of a career refresher.

So if there’s a running back who can keep playing beyond the age of 35, it’s probably Taylor, who will be a free agent able to sign with any team as soon as the lockout ends. Barber had better hope there’s more than one team looking for a running back in his mid-30s, because if there’s only one, that one will likely call Taylor first.

If he keeps sitting out 80% of the season with a toe injury and loses all his carries to an undrafted free agent…

Sure he can play another 100 seasons like that.

Consider me now on the same page with everything Jaguars fans said about Fragile Fred when he left Jacksonville. Put him in a wheelchair and get him off the field already. He’s just eating up a roster spot.

He needs to go to a team with a young running back who needs a mentor where he could play sparingly and he’ll do great, look at D.Ward in Houston, if I’m him I would be talking to AZ, Den, TB, Was, or SD…. All these teams have young RB’s who need a little mentoring.

kingjoe1 says:Mar 28, 2011 2:32 PM

Really????!!!!????? Dude couldn’t play the last two seasons.

hokiez says:Mar 28, 2011 2:39 PM

He won’t be the oldest RB in the UFL either once Tiki joins his buddy Fassel.

thefiesty1 says:Mar 28, 2011 2:44 PM

Time to hang up the cleats. Find a new career selling insurance or something. Have you seen Earl Campbell trying to walk lately. He has to ride a golf cart to be presented an honor now days.

Bill will have a veteran RB on the roster, whether its Taylor, Sammy Morris or Kevin Faulk. Sadly, Faulk might be at the end given the torn ACL and emergence of Woodhead. Morris played mostly on special teams and isn’t as good a runner as a reasonably healthy Fred Taylor. given the mess around the lockout and little time that teams will likely have to go after free agents, re-signing Taylor to a low-risk deal might be in Belichick’s sights.